Unique Salad
Frocks For A Lifetime
Here’s an old photo showing an emblematic couple of the Viennese Secession – Austrian artist Gustav Klimt and Emilie Louise Floge, his life companion. Please note the originality of their outfits. Klimt is worldwide known for his artworks; Emilie was an Austrian fashion designer and businesswoman, promoting a niche style in clothing of the time. Making dresses was part of the Secessionist logic of blurring the boundaries between art and craft through the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, or ‘universal artwork’. So, there’s no wonder Klimt and Emilie have worked together on various fashion pieces.
Influenced by the feminist movement and the concept of the “rational dress”, Emilie’s particular dress styles looked quite out-of-their-time. At the turn of the 20th century in Vienna, a dress like this would be considered more experimental and marginal, comparing to the official fashions. That’s why these kind of dresses remained unpopular. More recently, Rick Owens or Nicolas Andreas Taralis also tried their hand at reviving the concept, but the amazing fact is that these frocks are still avant-garde today. Even 100 years after.
Would you?
Would you go for a monumental stone bed(room)? I think I’d do..
Rick Owens furniture
Easter Eggs
Egg decoration for Easter is an old Christian tradition; I think it’s best preserved in the Eastern European countries. You can still find complex handmade patterns on Easter eggs in countries such as Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Czech Republic, where the ancient folk motifs prevail over contemporary commercial imagery. It’s a kind of magic.
The eggs above are traditionally Romanian Easter Eggs. It’s genuine craftsmanship, I love all these adornments put together. Looks even better than the Persian carpets in the Margiela show!
Happy Easter! to all who celebrate Easter these days!
Stella(r) Romance
That Stella Appeal is an editorial dedicated to Stella McCartney in the April issue of Interview Magazine. The soft and romantic mood comes along with a Stella McCartney interview .
Photo: Craig McDean/ Styling: Karl Templer/ Model: Katryn Kruger/ Hairstyle: Anthony Turner/ Make-up: Mark Carrasquillo/ images source: fashiongonerogue.com
Kate Forever
Is this the good Kate or is this the bad Kate? I think it’s just Kate.
“Good Kate, Bad Kate”. Kate Moss, photographed by Steven Klein for W Magazine, March 2012
Make up : Val Garland/ hair styling: Paul Hanlon.
Jil Sander x Raf Simons (end of story)
Jil Sander Fall 2012. That’s a special collection, Raf Simons’ last collection for Jil Sander. A fact that maximized the visual impact and the emotional charge of the fashion show. Everybody agreed on the quality of the offer, no need to put out the remarkable finishes in every Jil Sander piece of cloth. Everything is in the details!
Honestly, these silhouettes bring nothing new, but the color palette is delicious and the tailored details are incredible. The mini corsets, the high waisted pants, all these double face coats are good investments for a timeless wardrobe.
all images via vogue.com
John Rocha
John Rocha is, perhaps, one of the most underrated figures on the fashion scene, despite his particular approach to design and his own distinctive style. Yet, this Hong Kong born fashion designer, now based in Ireland, is worldwide known for his hand-crafting, beading and appliquée to garments, and also for his passion for jewelry, decoration and architecture. John has also turned his design skills to interior designs as well as launching home and clothing lines at Debenhams. Once awarded with the British Designer of the Year (1994), John Rocha was left in oblivion. And that’s not fair for a designer who’s constantly working and improving each season with new fabrics and creative techniques.
Anyway, John Rocha SS 2012 Collection, that he showed at London Fashion Week, absolutely needs un certain regard. I mean, look at those beautiful raffia dresses, those crochet details and exquisite silk drapes! John Rocha is renowned for his use of contrasting textures and muted colors, marrying age-old materials and techniques with contemporary shapes. Inspired by natural elements, his work is somehow beyond fashion. His clothes are modern and yet timeless. Isn’t that exactly what we need- timeless well crafted pieces, that can be creatively styled while being worn, adding a girly, a grungy, a romantic touch? Oh yes, the styling of this collection is fantastic: shaded make-up, elaborate hair dressing and those statement head pieces.
images via awake-smile.blogspot.com
